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The Band Played on at Auschwitz
by Anne Sebba The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz author Anne Sebba shares with The History Reader the horrifying story of the 45 women forced to play music in an Auschwitz...
Featured Excerpt: Confronting Evil
by Bill O'Reilly and Josh Hammer An instant New York Times bestseller, Confronting Evil by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer is a dramatic face-off with the good, evil, and the worst...
New Books to Fall for: October 2025
We’ve fallen hard for these history books publishing this October. From Pulitzer Prize finalist Siddharth Kara’s The Zorg, the heartbreaking story about the slave ship that...
La Milagrosa, Havana’s Miraculous One
by Elena Sheppard Elena Sheppard, author of The Eternal Forest, joins us to discuss the myth of La Milagrosa. The Eternal Forest masterfully weaves Cuban mythology and history,...
Featured Excerpt: Brady vs. Belichick
by Gary Myers Read an excerpt of BRADY VS. BELICHICK, a unique and unparalleled look into the nature and relationship of two of the pillars in the NFL’s greatest dynasty. Chapter...
Compelling Reads for Constitution Day
Each year on September 17, we celebrate the anniversary of the ratification of the United States Constitution. Today, we bring you our favorite reads that highlight the period of...
Cape Coast Castle’s Role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade
by Siddharth Kara Pulitzer Prize-finalist Siddharth Kara visited the Gold Coast in Africa while doing research on the British slave trade for his book, The Zorg. In The Zorg,...